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Emotional Intelligence
Unbullied
When I was a girl I was chronically bullied. From elementary all the way through high school, kids found all kinds of reasons to target me. I was too…
Why Do Adults Spank Kids and What Are the Alternatives?
Understanding how children of different ages learn helps avoid impulse to punish
KEY POINTS
Too many adults misunderstand child development,…
Dealing with Unwanted Thoughts and Negative Narratives (it’s not about…
It’s amazing how just one thought can change a day. Actually one thought can change an entire lifetime. Consider this: let’s say you have a pervasive thought…
Compassionate Guidance For Supporting Refugee Families: From A Kindred…
Editor's Note: Jenna Wes is a graduate of 2021's inaugural Kindred Fellowship Program cohort. You can read more about Jenna, and the KFP program, here. Kindred…
Getting Back to Our “Normal” Feeling of Oneness
Feeling oceanic connectedness is part of normal human nature.
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Freud thought growing up was moving away from oneness to individual ego…
How Colonization Tames Us All (And How To Get Free)
Someone asked me the other day, “If you were to succinctly summarize what you do with people, what would you say?” I thought for a moment and said, “I help…
Communitas: Collective Joy Through Joint Social Flow
Joyful aliveness is found in moments of communion with others.
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Human beings evolved to be deeply social.Sometimes joint activities can break…
A Podcast Review Of Dan Siegel’s book, Brainstorm
Darcia Narvaez, PhD, and Mary Tarsha review Dan Siegel's well-loved book, Brainstorm, in the podcast below.
In this New York Times-bestselling book, Dr.…
13 Days Of Spontaneous Joy! Join The Creating Joy Through Play Campaign!
Life can be enjoyable. Many of us have forgotten how to be happy in the moment, how to access a sense of joy. But what else do we have but this moment now?…
We Must Choose: Fragility Born From Power-Over Or Robustness Born From…
"So…what now? We need an antidote—something we can apply to this wound. What is the antidote to fragility? It is this—robustness. Robustness is the opposite of…